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UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW FACULTY OF LAW,
UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW

Dr. MRINALINI SINGH

ORGANISING SECRETARY

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 ABOUT THE FACULTY
Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow has been pioneer legal institution of India. It was established in 1921
with three teachers. Mr. Jag Mohan Nath Chak was its first Dean. The real architect was Prof. R.U.
Singh who with great zeal and enthusiasm organized teaching and research in the faculty in a systematic way.
He held the office of Dean, Faculty of Law till 1956.. The distinction goes to him that he drafted the
Constitution of Nepal. Dr. V.N. Shukla, the well known authority of Constitutional Law was the first LL.M.
of the University. His book on Indian Constitution is still an authoritative Volume. Mr. A.T. Markose was the
first LL.D. of the faculty. He also held the office of Director, Indian Law Institute and was a member of
Administrative Tribunal, International Court of Justice. Dr. Avtar Singh depart was one of the alumni of this
faculty. He was multiple skilled personalities, and he is famous and good in the carrier of advocacy. He was an
advocate, an author, Professor. He is good in all these sections. He pursued B.com, LLB, LLM, and LLD. He
received so many awards like Saraswathy Samman, Vidhya Bhushan Samman etc. Saraswathy Samman is a
prestigious award given for the most prestigious awards for the poetry section.The Faculty has produced many
distinguished personalities including Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, Shri Ram Krishna
Hegde, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr. Surjeet Singh Barnala, the Governor of Uttrakhand and
Mr. N.K.P. Salve. Similarly, Dr. Justice A.S. Anand, Former Chief Justice of India and Mr. Justice
Saghir Ahmad, Mr. Justice Brijesh Kumar of the Supreme Court and there are 20 sitting High Court Judges
at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Prof. Balraj Chauhan, Prof R.P. Singh, Prof SK Singh had been
the Vice chancellors in various Universities. Faculty of Law has been organising “Dr. V.N. Shukla Memorial
Lecture” on one of the contemporary topics during March every year for the first four consecutive years.
Legal luminaries Prof. Mool Chand Sharma, Prof. RK Mishra, Ex Vice-Chancellor, DDU Gorakhpur
University, Dr. Brijesh Kishore Sharma, Ex Chairman, Copyright Board, New Delhi. Prof M.P. Singh,
Vice-Chancellor, NUJS, Kolkata and recently on 09th April 2011, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju,
former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Justice A.S. Anand, Ex- Chief Justice of India have so far
delivered enlightening thought provoking lectures in the series. Faculty of Law also organizes a Refresher
Course in Law in 2012 with the help of Academic Staff College, University of Lucknow. The students of Law
Faculty participated in various National and International Moot Court Competition of repute and have won
accolades. Students participated in Lui-Brown John Marshall Moot Court Competition, Chicago USA, 2009.
The students won Best Memorial and Spirit of Surana Award at Surana & Surana Moot Court Competition held
at NLU, Assam in 2012. The students also won accolades in K.K. Luthra Moot Court Competition. The
graduating students have been successfully placed in leading Law Firms, Multinational corporations & judicial
services. Some students are also pursuing Master’s programme in prestigious institutions like Yale, Cambridge,
and University College of London.
 ABOUT DR. R.U. SINGH

Dr. Ram Ugrah Singh, is the chief architect of Indian

Legal Education system. He completed his LL.B. and
M.A. from University of Allahabad in 1927. He
structured the Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow
with great zeal and enthusiasm. He held the office of
Dean, Faculty of Law till 1956. He also shaped the Law
Faculty of Delhi and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
Distinction goes to him for drafting the Constitution of
Nepal. The University of Lucknow has named its law
library after him “Dr. R.U. Singh Law Library”. He
introduced subjects like Public International Law,
Company Law, Legal History, Legal Remedies, Taxation,
Labour Law in Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow.
He also started two law journals, “The Federalist” and
“The Indian Law.”
The case data is on recent suicide case of an actor from
film industry which created a shocking wave in the
country
 CASE DATA

1. The Union of Scindia is a Democratic Republic in South of Ragni with

second largest population in the world. It is a rapidly developing country;
however it has a high suicide rate and any open discussion on mental
health issue is still a taboo.

2. The State of Maha has the highest suicide rate in the Union of Scindia
especially among the youth. Maha is also Scindia’s entertainment center,
as many Reality TV shows and movies are shot in the State of Maha. One
of the most famous film industries in Scindia was Mollywood. The
industry had a wide audience spanning across the whole of Scindia.

3. A boy named Dushyant Singh Rajput who belongs to a small district of

Zihar state in Scindia. He was one of those struggling actors in
Mollywood in his career’s early period. He got his debut in a daily soap
and after few years in the Mollywood Industry.

4. On 14.06.2002, Sunday after consuming juice and medicine he

committed suicide. The police revealed that the actor, who was found
hanging in his apartment on Sunday morning, was battling depression.
5. According to Maha Police official, the team that visited his residence
found medication meant to treat depression. No suicide note, however,
was found from the spot, the official reported that the actor was
undergoing treatment for his condition at Maha’s Hospital. The post-
mortem report has been submitted by doctors at Police Station. A team of
three doctors headed by Dr. C.G. Kole conducted the autopsy of the late
actor. The provisional cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging. There
was V shaped red mark on his neck.

6. On Sunday, Maha Police as well as the crime branch officials visited his
rented flat, but nothing suspicious was found. The police said that the
actor had spoken to his sister on the telephone around 9 am on Sunday.
An hour later, he had glass of juice. On Sunday, Maha Police as well as
the crime branch visited his rented flat but nothing suspicious was found.
An hour later, he had a glass of juice and took his tablets. The police
added that the cook knocked several times on his door around 11:30 am to
confirm the menu. When the cook and the actor’s two friend who were
staying with him in the house got no response, they called a key maker
who helped open the door. The friends then rang up his sister and police.
Police also stated that all the CCTV cameras were off.
7. The police have taken statement of his closed ones in her brief statement,
his sister, told the Maha Police that financial issues could not be the
reason for his death. Reports say that his psychiatrist Dr. Sharma revealed
that Dushyant was in depression for the past one year and he could not
sleep at night. He used to have strange thoughts. Late actors close friend
Mr. Chabbra stated about professional rivalry. In his statement his father
stated about the late actor’s mental state, that he was perturbed by
whatever happening within film industry. Dushyant’s co actor on his
social media handle quoted that “It was a systematic dismantling of a
fragile mind”. Late actor’s ex girlfriend stated that Dushyant was unable
to handle the disrespect and insults that came his way every day.

8. A National Award Winning actress of Mollywood stated that "the

journalists who take the agenda of the movie mafia forward, call this
mental, emotional, psychological lynching journalism," she said. certain
section of the media assisted the 'movie mafia' in this systematic
dismantling of a fragile mind, by writing false, baseless and derogatory
articles about the late actor further added that the very same brigade of
intellectual journalists also came after her. Four such journalists formed a
guild overnight and decided to boycott her film, so that the film flops due
to lack of adequate coverage.

9. His untimely death on June 14 has created a stir in Mollywood, with

debates about nepotism and bullying in the film industry. Meanwhile, as
the blame game continues in Mollywood, according to a news agency the
late actor’s previous three movies were a big flop ,it also reported that
there was lobbying by the powerful personalities of Mollywood against
the actor as the news of 7 films signed by him came in light, even he was
 banned by several production houses .

10. As the waves of protest against those personalities risen up a lawyer and
few group of people on Wednesday moved a criminal complaint against 8
persons, including Balman Khan, Dharm Johar, Mudit Chopra, Wajid
Nadiadwala, Sanjeev Leela Bhansali, Krishan Kumar, Drishti Kapoor, in
Jevadi Police Station district Datna.

11. The lawyer Mr. Abhijeet claimed that the people named conspired against
the actor, thus forcing him to take his life which, he pleaded, amounted to
murder .The FIR has been lodged under sec 306, sec 120 (B) and sec 499
of Scindia Penal Code respectively for abetment to suicide, conspiracy
and defamation.

12. The police, led by Inspector Virat Singh, had carried out investigation.
The Police filed a charge sheet in the Sessions Court and the magistrate
concluded the case for trial. On the basis of fact, decide the matter and
give your judgement.

NOTE: All the laws of Union of Scindia are in pari materia with that of Union of
India.
 List of Witness
 Cook

 Two Friends

 Dushyant’s Father

 Dushyant’s Sister

 Late Actor,s Girlfriend

 Dushyant’s ex-Girlfriend

 Dushyant’s Best Friend

 Balman Khan

 Dharm Johar

 Mudit Chopra

 Wajid Nadiadwala

 Sanjay Leela Bhansali

 Krishna Kumar

 Drishti Kapoor

(Note- There are two independent witness which can be used either by prosecution and

defendant.

The authors can use witness from their convenience while writing the judgement)
 EXHIBITS

 5 diaries

 Juice Glass

 Medicine

 Mobile Phone

 Curtain

 Laptop
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the point of view of a judge, apply the law and render a judgment. The student shall be
expected to think like a judge and reach a well-reasoned conclusion. The detailed rules
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their Bachelor’s Degree in law i.e. 3-Year LL.B. course or 5-Year
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The participants
 shall write a single opinion. Multiple opinions are
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Jurisdiction 
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Determination of Facts Admissibility/Maintainability Issues for
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Framing Specific Questions for Determination 
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Relevant Legislations
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Adherence to the Rules 15

Formatting 10
Arrangement of facts and issues addressed 10
Statement of rival contentions and framing of issues 15
Knowledge of legal principles, and citing of relevant 20
case laws, statues, and opinion of jurists.
Critical analysis of the problem and analytical 15
Reasoning
Language, style of writing, presentation, appearance, 15
and overall impression
Total 100

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Dr. MRINALINI SINGH

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Student Convenor

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